The quotation above, surely one of the greatest in architectural lore, came from a mid-20th Century master of the glass and steel skys...

Nothing better can happen to a well-maintained, gracious historic building than returning to its original use. We should stage a h...

Images from National Register of Historic Places nomination  When Walter Cole gave his first drag performance in a small tavern in Old Town ...

A draft master plan compiled by the Portland Parks Bureau proposes significant changes that would alter the appearance and use of  t...

Chances are you’ve never heard of the New Fliedner Building in downtown Portland, let alone the “old” Fliedner that preceded it. Yet i...

Short answer to the question above: Not enough  people to make the Portland City Council change its mind about a 200 foot height ceili...

The biggest and perhaps most complex restoration project in Portland for quite some time faced many challenges in meeting current bu...

It is quite amazing to think that 8.67 acres of the most iconic, historic and beloved land in downtown Portland has never been graced ...

This story is so good, it deserves being told again and again. Never in Portland, I believe, has so much research, time, energy and th...

There are no pretty pictures to display in this posting.  Instead, we look at a Portland planning policy about new building heights that p...

Portland architect William J. Hawkins III knows more about early Portland architecture than anyone. Starting with research for his ...